July 10 at Live at the Archway, DUMBO

Samba

Os Clavelitos is an "American Samba" band based in New York City, who creates original music combining traditional Brazilian rhythms (samba, baiao, bossa nova, and frevo) with English lyrics. With band members from Brazil, Japan, and the U.S., the six piece ensemble celebrates Brazil's rich musical heritage, while incorporating their eclectic performing backgrounds in Latin, indie, jazz, pop, and folkloric styles.

6pm showtime / All ages

The Archway (under the Manhattan bridge) - 155 Water St, Brooklyn

July 13 at Museum of the Moving Image

Dir. Emilio Domingos. 2024, 93 mins. Brazil. In Portuguese with English subtitles.

Released in 1966 by Vinicius de Moraes and Baden Powell, the record Os Afro-Sambas is one of Brazil’s most revered. Participants of the original recording, critics, friends and family of the musicians revisit the creation of this masterpiece.

6:30pm showtime

Red Stone Theater at MoMI

36-01 35th Ave, Astoria, NY

July 16 at Lincoln Center Josie Robertson Plaza

Big Band Samba

Gafieira Rio Miami is a dynamic Brazilian big band made up of 11 talented musicians from Venezuela, Cuba, Brazil, and the United States, reflecting South Florida's rich cultural tapestry. Founded by native Brazilian and Latin GRAMMY winner Diogo Brown, Gafieira Rio Miami breathes new life into samba de gafieira partner dancing, a lively tradition that flourished in Brazil during the 1940s and '50s. Originating in Rio de Janeiro, gafieira dance halls were hubs of creativity where waltz, jazz, soul, tango, and samba rhythms merged to create a unique, expressive sound that defied social conventions and invited creative movement. As Brown shows, gafieira embraces a range of genres such as chorinho, pagode, and maxixe. The group’s repertoire includes gorgeous arrangements of classics by Gilberto Gil, Djavan, Alcione, Wilson das Neves, Moacir Santos, and many more.

6pm showtime

Entrance at Columbus Ave and 62nd st

July 17 at Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center

Tropicalia / MPB

Though initially only rarely heard outside of Brazil, Os Mutantes is currently acknowledged as among the most dynamic, original, radical, and influential bands of their era. These brash musical experimentalists engaged distortion, feedback, sampling techniques and a prescient selection of studio tricks to create a lighthearted, playful, yet still extreme Brazilian pop. An integral part of the psychedelic, Tropicália and protest movements, Os Mutantes combined unbridled guitars, traditional rhythms, an optimistic vision of the future, and an advanced melodic sensibility. Now, nearly 60 years removed from their founding, Os Mutantes’s approach to sonic collage and a wry tendency toward cultural irony ushered in a near-universal modern music aesthetic. Don't miss the iconic band's headlining set in partnership with Summer for the City’s Brazil Week!

7pm doors / 7:30pm showtime

Damrosch Park at Amsterdam Ave. and W. 62 St

July 17 at Lincoln Center Josie Robertson Plaza

Afro Brazilian Samba

The Bahia-born and North Carolina-based vocalist and instrumentalist Caique Vidal joins us with his band Batuque for a concert of Afro-Brazilian samba. “Batuque” (pronounced ba-TOO-kee) means "to drum" and that imperative is delivered with an explosive performance that rocks the crowd! A community organizer for the Brazilian diaspora, Vidal began his journey on the streets of Salvador da Bahia, known as “the Black Rome of the Americas”. Playing with Olodum, the founding family of samba-reggae, Vidal has presented the genre’s infectious rhythms and message of empowerment across Brazil, Europe, and the United States. A studied rhythmic and choral arranger, Caique Vidal has shared the stage with musical ambassadors including Susana Baca, Carlinhos Brown, and Gilberto Gil. His most recent album, 2023's Save My Heart, unites the sounds and spirit of reggae, salsa, pop, rock, samba and bossa nova into a riveting dance groove.

6pm showtime

Entrance at Columbus Ave and 62nd st

July 19 at Nublu

FUNK / JAZZ / MPB

SUPPORTING ACT TBA

Brazilian singer-songwriter Anelis Assumpção's father Itamar was a meaningful figure in the history-making São Paolo DIY movement Vanguarda Paulistanta. She has followed in his footsteps, channeling the socially critical, intellectually liberal and culturally diverse perspectives of that tradition into her work. Assumpção's music is a lively blend of jazz, funk, prog rock, dub reggae, samba and pop, all held aloft by her sinewy, melodic voice. Assumpção's art synthesizes the ancestry of the Afro-Brazilian people, presenting their authentic experience through words and rhythms.

11pm Doors / 12am Showtime

151 Avenue C, NYC

July 19 at Lincoln Center Josie Robertson Plaza

House / Brazilian

Born and raised in Rio de Janero, join DJ and record collector Mari Mac Dowell for a night of Silent Disco dancing at the Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center.

9pm showtime

Entrance at Columbus Ave and 62nd st

July 23 at Brooklyn Public Library

Choro / Samba

The Regional Samaúma repertoire comprises nineteenth century Choro of composers such as Ernesto Narazeth, Chiquinha Gonzaga, and Mário Alves, twentieth-century music of Pixinguinha, Jacob do Bandolim, Altamiro Carrilho, Radamés Gnattali, and contemporary compositions by composers such as Luciana Rabello, Maurício Carrilho, Cristovão Bastos and Aquiles Moraes. As the Regional de Choro is part of the history of Samba in Brazil, the Regional Samaúma is also dedicated to the work of composers such as Cartola, Nelson Cavaquinho, Candeia, Ivone Lara, Paulinho da Viola, among others. Join us for an evening of dancing and exceptional music.

Rain date July 24

7pm Showtime / FREE

Brooklyn Public Library - 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn

July 22 at Nublu

Reggae / Brazilian

Dada Yute is one of Brazil’s most respected reggae artists—a powerful voice of the Rastafari movement whose influence spans music, culture, and spiritual education. The first Brazilian to study Rastafari in Jamaica, his work bridges continents, uplifting a generation through roots and ritual. Blending reggae, dub, samba, and soul, his performance will feature his original songs blended with reimagined tributes to icons like Bob Marley, Cássia Eller, Jah-Van, and Gilberto Gil. This rare U.S. performance takes place on the 133rd anniversary of the birth of Haile Selassie I, the father of the Rastafari movement. A night where rhythm becomes reverence.

10pm Doors / 10:30pm Showtime / 21+

Nublu - 151 Avenue C

July 24 at Webster Hall

Samba Rock

Closing out the festival with the legendary Novos Baianos! Bursting onto the scene in the late ’60s, this iconic Brazilian supergroup shook up the music world with a fusion of rock, samba, bossa nova, and pure tropical soul. Their energy and musical magic defined the sound of the '70s and left a groove that still moves us today. Their masterpiece album "Acabou Chorare" isn’t just a record—it’s a revolution, a celebration, and a cornerstone of Brazilian music history.

7pm Doors / 8pm Showtime / 16+

Webster Hall - 125 East 11th Street, NYC